...and Alzheimer's is the most common type. In the U.S., about 5 million have Alzheimer's. Current medicines, such as Aricept and Namenda, just temporarily ease symptoms. There is no known cure.Solanezumab is one of three drugs in late-stage testing...

...given donepezil, known by the prescription name Aricept, Dr. Zamrini said. Aricept is one of the few drugs shown to help preserve...nursing home placement," Dr. Zamrini said. Aricept, known generically as donepezil, is an acetylcholinesterase...

...Today, there are only two sanctioned drugs, Cognex and Aricept, to give patients perhaps a year of stability before their...Dr. Rick L. Smith, the medical director, uses the drug Aricept as a standard treatment for those with mild to moderate cases...

...high-dose vitamin E, the current Alzheimer's medication Aricept or a dummy pill. Results are expected by 2003. For information...damage that has been found in Alzheimer's patients' brains. Aricept inhibits the breakdown of acetylcholine, a brain chemical...

...slowed the loss of patients' ability to bathe, dress and do other tasks. It did not aid memory, but two drugs, Cognex and Aricept, do mildly help some patients' mental capacity. When and how to get patients out of the driver's seat, however, topped...

...most challenging problem facing the drug, some of the agency's advisers said Wednesday. Today's Alzheimer's drugs - Aricept, Exelon, Reminyl and Cognex - delay the breakdown of a brain chemical called acetylcholine that is vital for nerve cells...

...multiple forms and thus could have multiple causes, Dr. Hill said. Currently, the only two drugs approved to treat it - Aricept and Cognex - don't stop the disease process and only temporarily improve thinking in some people by raising the amount of...

...count of possession of a dangerous drug (Zantac, containing ranitidine hydrochloride; Tequin, containing gatifloxacin; Aricept, containing donepezil; and Mellaril, containing thioridazine hydrochloride) Johnnie Albert Pratt Jr., 19, of the 2100...

...performance of older pilots during a harrowing flight simulator exercise, according to a new study. The drug, donepezil, sold as Aricept, blocks the action of an enzyme that breaks down a key brain-signaling chemical. The chemical, called acetylcholine...

...vitamin E or selegiline with the two other Alzheimer's drugs already on the market - tacrine, or Cognex, and donepezil, or Aricept - which mildly improve some patients' mental capacity but do not slow the disease. Sano cautioned that while the treatments...